Pluralistic: 14 Jan 2021

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The Black Panther self-care method: A revolutionary idea.
Facebook shows mall ninja gear ads on insurrection articles: "Storm the Capitol!" "Buy body armor!"
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Pluralistic: 13 Jan 2021

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20 years a blogger: Reflections on a lifetime of reflecting.
Will Biden bust trusts?: Obama's third term would be a disaster for antitrust.
This day in history: 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 12 Jan 2021

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Mini retro computers: Oriol Ferrer Mesià's extraordinary 3D printed machines.
Bunkered, infectious, maskless Republicans infected Congress: Impossible to explain something to a Congressman whose caucus membership depends on his not understanding it.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 11 Jan 2021

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DC's security theater panned: The curtain-call's gonna be BRUTAL.
Weaponing and monetizing apophenia: 5G conspiracies have a business-model.
Awful voting-machine demands silence: ES&S; piggybacks censorship on Dominion's grievances.
Someone Comes to Town Part 27: My latest podcast installment.
This day in history: 2006, 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 10 Jan 2021

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Busting myths about the Night of the Short Fingers: Jillian C York's "ongoing list."
Impeachment and realignment: What the Dems should do to shatter the GOP.
This day in history: 2006, 2011, 2020
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Pluralistic: 09 Jan 2021

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Mashapedia: A third-party glossary of the technical concepts from Attack Surface.
The City We Became: Jemisin relitigates Jacobs v Moses, with Lovecraft refereeing.
Crowdsourcing a list of bad cops: Who's on the Brady List?
Censorship, Parler and antitrust: Just because it doesn't violate the First Amendment…
This day in history: 2006, 2016, 2020

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Pluralistic: 08 Jan 2021

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Competition is Killing Us: Consumer harm considered harmful.
Predatory lender seeks national bank charter: Oportun led America in suing latinx borrowers during the pandemic.
Militarizing cops was a failure: Water still wet.
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Pluralistic: 07 Jan 2021

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Into the breach: Intelligence failure, complicity, or incompetence?
Revolutionary Colossus: Mange le roi.
This day in history: 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 06 Jan 2021

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The WELL State of the World: With special guest Malka Older.
Food and Climate Change Without the Hot Air: How to sustainably eat the planet.
Mass court: "I agree" means something: Finally, we find the bottom.
Congress bans "little green men": No more anonymous federal snatch-squads.
This day in history: 2016, 2020
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Pluralistic: 05 Jan 2021

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My Fellow Americans: Audio, text and commentary for every president's inaugural address.
Digital manorialism vs neofeudalism: Tech companies as warlords with walled gardens.
South Carolina GOP moots modest improvements to "magistrate judges": Lewis Carroll was an optimist.
Pavilions replacing union workers with "gig workers": Prop 22's other shoe drops.
This day in history: 2006, 2016
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